Tag: Worldcon 75

by M. Bijman September 4, 2017

Reality from a different perspective – Giants at the End of the World, Finnish Weird anthology

At the 75th World Science Fiction Conference (Worldcon 75) held in August 2017 in Helsinki, Finland, the bag of goodiesContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 17, 2017

Current events Literary analysis Review of science fiction

Six rules for writing about AI set out at Worldcon 75

AI, Artificial Intelligence, is the one element that many SF writers like to work into their stories, particularly robot-human interactions.Continue Reading

by M. Bijman August 12, 2017

Current events Literary analysis

How Chinese SF writers deal with “the invisible” – Worldcon 75

Day 2 of Worldcon 75 delivered an Academic Track session that was on par, at least in terms of content,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman August 11, 2017

Discussion of current events Discussion of film/TV series Literary analysis

Poor presentations detract from the messages at Worldcon 75

The first Academic Track session on the first day of Worldcon 75 (the 75th World Science Fiction Conference), on theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 20, 2017

Discussion of writing style Fairytales Review of new book Review of new science fiction Review of science fiction

Mental-floss on a grand scale – Death’s End by Cixin Liu

It has been said that many authors seem to be unable to grasp or describe how big outer space is.Continue Reading

by M. Bijman June 15, 2017

Discussion of writing style Review of new book Review of new science fiction

The magic didn’t work for me – All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders

If I can use one term to describe All the Birds in the Sky it would be “uneven”: uneven inContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 31, 2017

Backstories Discussion of author’s portfolio Discussion of current events Discussion of writing style Review of new book Review of new science fiction

What makes an AI human? – A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

This novel is on the shortlist for the 2017 Hugo Awards which will be handed out at Worldcon 75 inContinue Reading

Deep State (2018) August 27, 2018
Max Easton thought he was out. A former British intelligence operative, Easton was living in another part of the world, in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. But how did he get there?In FOX’s new espionage drama Deep State, he gets pulled back in. Allegiances are murky, information is unreliable, relationships are a lie and nothing is black and white […]
American Psycho (2000) August 2, 2018
“I have to return some videotapes.” — Patrick Bateman In the opening moments of American Psycho (2000), Director Mary Harron presents a perfect tongue-in-cheek amuse-bouche for the satirical horror to come.The controversial adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel of the same name opens with bloody drops falling in elegant slow motion in a stark white vacuum. […]